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Rest-harrow Plume Moth

Marasmarcha lunaedactyla

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 31, February 23, March 36, April 57, May 82, June 90, July 96, August 82, September 60, October 45, November 25, December 19.
United States647
Alaska647
United Kingdom22
England18
Wales4
Germany3
Niedersachsen2
France1
Bayern1
Île-de-France1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyPlume Moths · Pterophoridae
GenusMarasmarcha

Sources

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